make modules_install : unknown symbols

[Steve Howlett]

>
>
>Thank you Steve.
>
>I got the modutils-2.4.21-22.src.rpm as you suggested,
> rpm -Uvh modutils-2.4.21-22.src.rpm
> cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
> tar xzvf modutils-2.4.21.tar.gz
> cd modutils-2.4.21
> ./configure
> make
>which produced :
>make[1]: Entering directory
>`/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/modutils-2.4.21/util'
>gcc -M -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE 
>-DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0  -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 
>xmalloc.c xrealloc.c xstrcat.c xstrdup.c xsystem.c logger.c modstat.c
>meta_expand.c config.c snap_shot.c arch64.c gzfiles.c sys_nim.c
>sys_oim.c xftw.c > .depend
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o xmalloc.o xmalloc.c
>In file included from xmalloc.c:22:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o xrealloc.o xrealloc.c
>In file included from xrealloc.c:22:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o xstrcat.o xstrcat.c
>In file included from xstrcat.c:22:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o xstrdup.o xstrdup.c
>In file included from xstrdup.c:24:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o xsystem.o xsystem.c
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o logger.o logger.c
>In file included from logger.c:30:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o modstat.o modstat.c
>In file included from modstat.c:33:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>modstat.c: In function `new_get_kernel_info':
>modstat.c:203: warning: deprecated use of label at end of compound
>statement
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -DHAVE_WORDEXP=1
>-DHAVE_GLOB=1 -c meta_expand.c
>In file included from meta_expand.c:45:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o config.o config.c
>In file included from config.c:64:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>config.c: In function `config_add':
>config.c:1498: warning: deprecated use of label at end of compound
>statement
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o snap_shot.o
>snap_shot.c
>In file included from snap_shot.c:33:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o arch64.o arch64.c
>In file included from arch64.c:24:
>../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as
>non-function
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o gzfiles.o gzfiles.c
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o sys_nim.o sys_nim.c
>gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 
>-DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386  -c -o sys_oim.o sys_oim.c
>sys_oim.c:36: error: syntax error before "old_sys_init_module"
>make[1]: *** [sys_oim.o] Error 1
>make[1]: Leaving directory
>`/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/modutils-2.4.21/util'
>make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>
>Am I doing something wrong here?
>Thanks again for your help.
>

Did you install module-init-tools first?

Something else to look at worked good for me : 
http://www.kerneltrap.org/node/view/2465
 
Steve